>From the error message, I'm afraid it's bad news. It looks like your hard drive is dying, and is returning I/O errors when it should be returning data.
This would explain why the Live CD works just fine (it's not using the drive) ** Changed in: boot (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected -- Edgy Live cd doesn't start up, then an error message appears https://launchpad.net/bugs/61571 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs